The Face of Water by Sarah Ruden

The Face of Water: A Translator on Beauty and Meaning in the Bible by Sarah Ruden A dazzling reconsideration of the original languages and texts of the Bible, in both the Old and the New Testaments. In The Face of Water, Sarah Ruden brilliantly and elegantly explains and celebrates the Bible's writings. Singling out the most famous passages, such as the Genesis creation story, the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, and the Beatitudes, Ruden re-examines and retranslates from the Hebrew and Greek what has been obscured and misunderstood over time. Great condition ©2017 Published by Pantheon Books, a division of Penguin Random House Make me an offer! Thanks for looking!